Identification of novel isoforms of the BH3 domain protein bim which directly activate Bax to trigger apoptosis

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3577-3589

  Marani, Michela ^a   Tenev, Tencho ^a   Hancock, David ^a   Downward, Julian ^a   Lemoine, Nicholas R ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIM PROTEIN; CASPASE; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROTUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN VARIANT;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; DIMERIZATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0036091728     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.11.3577-3589.2002     Document Type: Article

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